464,000 People Impacted by Kootenai Health Ransomware Attack
Health system Kootenai Health based in Coeur d’Alene, ID serves northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest. It recently reported a data security breach that affected ...
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SkinCure Oncology Email Account Breach
SkinCure Oncology in Burr Ridge, IL has informed 13,434 individuals regarding an email attack that happened in June 2023. SkinCure Oncology has sent personal notifications ...
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Surgeon Who Exposed Transgender Care to Minors Charged with Criminal HIPAA Violations
The Department of Justice has revealed the indictment against surgeon Eithan Haim, MD. Haim was the whistleblower who provided the press with documents regarding minors ...
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23andMe 2023 Data Breach Investigated by Security Regulators
Data security regulators in the U.K. and Canada have started a mutual investigation of 23andMe concerning its 2023 data breach where about 7 million individuals ...
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Cyber Attack on the Snowflake Platform
A financially driven threat actor monitored as UNC5537 is executing a cyber attack on Snowflake client databases. About 165 Snowflake clients are believed to have ...
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Cencora/Lash Group Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Cyberattack
Cencora Inc. and The Lash Group LLC are facing a data breach-related lawsuit filed by plaintiff Keith Wolford. Allegedly, the defendants were unable to enforce ...
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2.8 Million Individuals Affected by Sav-Rx Data Breach
Medication Benefit Management solutions provider to health plans, A&A Services based in Fremont, Nebraska, also known as Sav-Rx, encountered a cyberattack on October 8, 2023. ...
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Alcohol Addiction Company Violates Consumer Data Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has instructed the alcohol addiction treatment company Monument to cease sharing consumers’ health information with third parties for promotion purposes ...
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OCR’s HIPAA Compliance and Data Breaches Annual Report
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has sent its annual reports to Congress regarding compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, ...
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Cyberattack Leader Faces 40 Years Imprisonment and LockBit RaaS Infrastructure Operations Disrupted
Leader of Gang Responsible for the Attack on University of Vermont Medical Center Looking at 40 Years Imprisonment A Ukrainian male charged with being the ...
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PRC Hackers Inside U.S. Critical Infrastructure Systems in Preparation for Devastating Cyberattacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an alert to all ...
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AnyDesk Confirms Cyberattack and Breach of Production Environment
AnyDesk, one of the most popular remote desktop software providers with more than 170,000 customers globally, has recently confirmed it fell victim to a cyberattack. ...
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Cybersecurity and Cyber Attacks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. A recent UK National Cyber Security Centre’s report highlights AI’s potential to significantly enhance cyber threats, especially ...
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The Mother of All Breaches: Exposed Database Contains 26 Billion Records
Cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko of Security Discovery and the team at CyberNews have uncovered what is thought to be the largest-ever collection of stolen data, ...
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23andMe Confirms Hacker Stole Data of 6.9 Million Users
On Friday, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, 23andMe, confirmed that hackers gained access to the personal information of approximately 6.9 million customers in an October ...
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HHS Settles its First-Ever Ransomware Investigation for $100,000
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its first-ever ransomware settlement. The investigation of the ransomware attack on ...
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25 LastPass Users Had $4.4 in Million in Crypto Stolen on October 25
Cryptocurrency totaling $4.4 million was stolen from 25 individuals on October 25, 2023, who all had one thing in common – They were users of ...
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1Password Says Okta Environment Compromised Using Stolen Session Cookie
The password manager provider 1Password has announced it has been affected by the recent data breach at the San Francisco-based identity and access management company ...
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Canadian Pregnancy and Newborn Care Agency Reports 3.4 Million-Record MOVEit Data Breach
BORN (Better Outcomes Registry & Network) in Canada has recently confirmed that the personal and health information of 3.4 million patients was stolen by the ...
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Publicly Shared SAS Token for Storage Account Causes 38 TB Data Leak at Microsoft
Security researchers at Wiz have identified a major leak of internal data at Microsoft. The breach occurred three years ago in 2020 when an employee ...
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HHS Data, Hackers and Medical Records
HHS data relating to hackers and medical records is not always the best source of information on which to base decisions about how to assign ...
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Bulletproof Hosting Service Utilized by Ransomware Gangs Seized by Authorities
A ‘Bulletproof’ hosting service that was utilized by ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals has been seized by law enforcement, five individuals have been arrested, and ...
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Data Breach Costs Reach Record High of $9.48 Million in the United States
Data breach costs have increased to record levels, with the average cost of a data breach now $4.45 million globally – a 2% increase from ...
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Critical Zimbra Zero-Day Flaw Actively Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Zimbra has urged all users of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite to take immediate action to address a critical vulnerability that is being actively exploited in ...
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BlackCat Ransomware Group Threatens to Leak Data Stolen in Reddit Cyberattack
The BlackCat ransomware group, aka ALPHV, claims it stole 80GB of data in a Reddit cyberattack in February 2023, and is now threatening to leak ...
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U.S. State Department Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on Clop Ransomware Group
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that links the recent attacks by the Clop ransomware ...
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Verizon 2023 DBIR: DoS Attacks Dominate 2022 Cyberattacks and BEC Attacks Double
The recently published Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report provides insights into the tactics, techniques, and procedures that cyber actors are using to gain access ...
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Advanced Phishing Attacks Increased by 356% in 2022
An analysis of by the cybersecurity firm Perception Point shows there was a major increase in advanced phishing attacks in 2022, which increased by 356% ...
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MCNA Dental Reports 8.9 Million Record Data Breach
The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for an attack on MCNA Dental, one of the largest Medicaid and CHIP dental care and oral health ...
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Barracuda Email Security Gateway Flaw Exploited in Limited Attacks
A zero-day vulnerability in Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances has been targeted by hackers, resulting in some customers’ appliances being compromised. The vulnerability was ...
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